Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-12
LIFE IN THE nAuxw.
Mistaken pdeas % the u-~u~~- u...s
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PROM The saturday Review.
In theory the Nosien classes his vo,n,, Is,,s
with the holy of holes Of Mecca The lunsrrnsSt
shrine OF his temple aud the rooms win latuc-a
windows are both called by the same ns,,, :,
Harsm or sacred ne apartment "a n.,,,. -.
the ladies' who live In 70 are haren rcr an but tns
ioro ana master he may enter Of VII, boz e~ps.
rally announces he coming osforvhsnd, 70 thar no
may no, run the max % meeting npmAle vizitns,
who are probably the wives u his trleudA IN
wel.regulatcd houses the HUSBAND intrudss oniy
ssr nrsrsy psrnsps tot short tine srtst MD.
nc vus. 70 rest Home NE. such o. We upder-
for Aa the S Ssn sSsrssy D. said % s.ist
in ana At Sis %"1rsa1 au,., me ma, nves
man among her shves aud fT7epds In the
M, nsem q, Ihs most interesting NEW Of the noms
cradle IN which Ess;srn msnbond n rSs,cd
SCHOOLS o. Any Kind are rev ard mesgerly patron
BOYS are sent 70 faSn SS are Snssowa Anr
be educated. but the majority grow nm .mansr
slave girls and servants seeing . sr.at deal wsiok
what they should II IN ANAL woas.r' Than tnss
the better moral Qualtits % they were svrr in,r,s
sss man ss,srSies wsS r ass ,a se soy g
women occupants OF TIE hsrem ars Inc win on
wives and the female slaves Perhsp. on No suS.
this OF harem slavery. The aeld howsyrr M ,ro
WIDE one 20 be touched on more than lne,ses,s
ally.
The name OF slave as applied 90 the ceors,s. q,
CircasSian girl IL misnofner she occapiss more
the position % friend or at least of Law. son
panlon. II she does noi, as Is often the cas-. bs-
well and sometimes txpcnsively dreSsad ana
shares the small amusements OF her mlstr-ss an
and then the lady may dy In passion and SouSdls
box the gfrl's ears or pull out handful ~ hair.
out reconciliation soon taxes place, and N usu.
dress
The principal diversions &C hsrem ufs consis, in
the visits OF friends and OF pernicious class q
dress and gewgaws from one house so another
retailing the latest gossip and scandal win
shsiT s Ms and ,as ,nsss 70 se Into
fortunes by cards and mean ations are also in
great demand. and tneir ysticinanons are. az
same delightful and blind confidence as Il given
by farmers daughters 20 the mysterious proph-
ecies Of the g,psies Vow and then oondign
OF the notorious Ayesha, who. several years ago
was called Tor one nigas hustled into csrrias.
never since been heard Of But. q rule, their
sorcer1es evil eyes and charms are perfectly harm
less, ana when there IL nothing better 20 do they
are called In 20 be- ule the heavy holrs. Nor must
he men singers be left cut IN the catalogue OF de-
gnN Oi tue harem-a delight. nevertheless, which
- ou, spaflngly INDUCED In, and can only be en-
Jo!ed 70 me ful when the hs rvmt lord Il away.
notion seems generally prevalent IN Europe
.hAt only the harcm doors werv opened q rush
WI neeIV would immediately take place, and
many are tne sympathies wasted on the supposed
Ilsvners ol the NohaIniaedsn marriage tie. 10
Ieanly, oOth nnen and women consider Their state
laI SUPERIOR 70 that ~ Euro cana The man ar
CUES thus: you are slave from the moment you
marry. lou cannot 20 out 10 lunch or dinner or
70 your friends without taking your vile with YOU
lou cannot even leave aer alone for a few hours
without giving an account OF yourself such o
state OF Things would be unbesrable 70 me- 4 90
wnere Ike and she goes where she nk~s I pay
my servants 70 LOOK after her, and am sure that
she Is not flirting with other men when am not
by her side. You are never sure Of this" &c This
II MS ine OF argumenI
The woman says: my religion forpids me Co
look upon other men than my husband n 4
changed my religion perhaps would Ike On mix
up with every fellow came across but 10 long a.
! am a Monammedan oetest the thought al IL
cover my face from the sight OF the word. ss
your women cover their bodies As 20 bring
watched and guarded. it II q compliment which
shows how much my husband cares Tor me- n he
We're 20 leave me 70 do what hAed, I should know
ne did not care Tor me- and should feel deeply In
suited
IL Is dificut for the Western mind FULLY 70 crnsp
the imuense gulf between our ideas sno tAeirH
Their reasoning fallacous and almost ridiculouS
from our standpoint, but u IN good enough run
theirs. And, therefore, as long as the MOnamme-
Dan religion exists % long VIII he hsrcn exist
Aid It's existence ID, on the whole, n happy and
cOntented one, 10 spite OF al the reasoning which
may Dc brought 70 show that &c ought 70 Dc miser-
abe. Centuries OF comm union and contact with
europeans may possibly change the ideas born and
cultivated In the narem, but mere 10 yet no sign
appreciaole difference IL noticeable In the domes-
tic economy OF The MoSlen